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There is every Indication that House
Leader R. B; Duncan is going to have more
than his share of grief in pushing legislation
through the 51st assembly this year.
Duncan is enjoying the honor of an tin
jprecedented second term as leader of the
.House, but it might be a rather empty honor.
There are plenty of other Democrats who
jvould have taken on the job without any
prompting. In addition, despite the close mar
gin between House Democrats and Republi
cans, Duncan named only one Republican to a
committee chairmanship. That probably will
not endear him too much to those Republicans
who supported his bid for re-election to the
top House spot.
: .
In addition, some Republicans, including
Klamath County's Flitcraft and Howe, are
.going to give Duncan fits over the proposed
: increase in expense allowances for legislators.
The people are more than a little concerned
'about the proposal, too. All of those we talked
- to at the session opening were dubious about
the merits of the expense item. Most common
reaction was that the legislators are going
: about the thing in a kind of sly way, and that
, they would be better off by coming up with an
outright raise in pay.
..
j; ' Despite the lip service . being paid by
fsome, there is not a great deal of enthusiasm
for the reorganization changes proposed by
;Gov. Hatfield. In this regard, one hears more
."yes, but . . '," than outright endorsement.
Hatfield's advisers, too, aire urging him to
go slow.
- One of the most disappointed men in Sa
lem is Klamath Falls' Carrol Howe, who had
hoped to be appointed to the important House
Education Committee. He wasn't. With all of
his experience in education, it seems ridicu-
lous that he was named to other committees
on affairs in which he is not so obviously
qualified. Observers believe that Howe's out
spoken attitude on education matters aroused
the concern and ire of "liberal" educators
who used their influence to kill possible ap
pointment of Howe to the Education Committee.
On the other side of the coin is George
Flitcraft, who was pleased with at least one
committee appointment. He was named to the
powerful Taxation Committee, one of several
that he requested.
. Despite what might be said to the con
trary, look for Sen. Harry Boivin to accom
plish some legislation on re-apportionment.
Sen. Boivin realizes that Eastern Oregon is
going to lose some representation in the leg
islature, regardless of how re-apportionment
is accomplished. He seeks to keep the Eastern
Oregon loss to the lowest possible figure.
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Labor-management relations, is a topic
that will generate much interest and activity
in the 51st assembly. Sen. Boivin was chairman
of a legislative interim committee which has
suggested a state labor law patterned after
the provisions of the Landrum-Griffin Act.
Changes in the eligibility requirements for
workmen's compensation insurance writing
are another field in which there will be much
controversy.
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Most people who have observed the po
litical' scene in Oregon for some years are
convinced that this could be one of the most
conservative legislatures convened in several
years. This, despite the Democratic majority,,
which is indeed limited, and what they term
the "liberal" attitude of Gov. Hatfield.
. Well, we shall see, as the seer said.
Who Pays For The Schools?
I' There Is need for more Information on
; the subject, but it would appear at first, that
residents of Klamath County will want their
.'voices heard in the proposal to change the ,
method of determining basic school support .
: funds. . r-
i ' There is some difficulty in analyzing con- '
tents of a report of the legislative interim'
, committee which advocates the change. Even i
school officials, long concerned with such for
mulas and proposals, confess some difficulty
' in asspuslno th rhnncM '.'.! '
; .' : However, it is generally conceded that
i Klamath County schools would lose about
$200,000 annually under the new formula.
I Distribution of basic school support funds
.'would be made on an assessment value of
'property throughout the state. Those counties
1 -and districts which' have been taking care of
rtheir school problems realistically would lose
junder the new plan. Those counties and dis-
' :trlcts which have let their systems go to pot
:would benefit. This is because the so-called
"wealthier" counties of the state .would be
carrying part of the burden of school support
for the so-called "poorer" counties. This is
the way the program works in stages that have
.' school "equalization" in effect. Montana is
such a state.
It may well be that ,a large majority of
the people of Oregon and Klamath County are
willing to taxlhemselves more to pay the cost
of providing education to children in districts
and counties which are not able to provide
minimum education. Certainly, it cannot be
denied that we are being brain-washed at all
I levels of government that we are our broth
er's keeper.
But, before we in Klamath County are
convinced that the proposed equalization Dia
gram is good for the state (and, therefore,
good for Klamath County) we'd like to see
proof that the areas that would get our $200,
' 000 are deserving or in need of it.
Until that time, we'd like to keep our
money at home, thank you. ,
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Commissions Issue Reports;
Help Kennedy Get Started
By JAMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON (AP)-lt's rain
ing recommendations.
President-elect John F. Kenne
dy, during the campaign and after
his election, wanted ideas on how
to do better for the government
and the people. He wanted them
before he was sworn in Jan. 20.
So he appointed study groups .
which went under various names
task force, committee, study
panel to look into the problems '
assigned them and come up with
proposals.
. They're coming in now: recom- '
mendations which range from re
organizing the Defense Depart
ment to sending I peace corps of '
young Americans to newly, inde
pendent Asian and Africa 'coun
tries as technicians. !
This is a big ' advantage for
Kennedy. It gives him a head
tart in putting together programs.
.he .can submit to Congress in a
hurry..,'' ' ' y
President Eisenhower was pro
digious in creating commissions
but he waited until he moved into
- the White House.- The long delay
in making some of the studies
simply delayed action on the prob
lems. The last Eisenhower com
mission on national goals re
ported Dec. 1.
. Right now in Washington 2.500
people from all over the country
are taking part in a conference
on the problems of aging. Con
gress wanted this one and Eisen
hower had to call it.
When there's a conference this
size on any problem there should
be no surprise if the result is
hash. '
The unknown quantity about the
recommendations being given
Kennedy is what he will do with
them when he gets into the White
House. ,
' For instance:-- A committee
headed by Sen. Stuart Symington,
D-Mo., was the first group to re
port and called for a reorganiza
tion of the Defense Department.
Symipgton, under President
Truman, had been secretary of
the Air Force and knows1 the in
ner workings of the Pentagon.
But Kennedy was careful not to
give the Symington report a
hearty endorsement.
He hadn't yet selected his sec
retary of defense, so he didn't
know how he'd feel about it. He
finally made Robert S. McNamara
secretary, and McNamara to far
has exhibited no enthusiasm for
Symington's ideas.
On the other hand Kennedy ap
pointed a one-man committee,
James M. Landis, a former Har
vard Law School dean, to look .
into the government's regulatory
agencies and make suggestions on
improving them.
THE DOCTOR SAYS ...
'Cloud Surgeons',
May Carry Germs ,
Those agencies such as the In
terstate Commerce Commission,
the Federal Power Commission,
the Federal Communications Com
missionhave controls 'in most1
areas of American life.
Landis. who had once worked
among them himself he is a for- '
mer chairman of the Securities
and Exchange Commission
turned in a bristling criticism on
the operations of these govern
ment agencies with proposal for
improving them.
Kennedy promptly assigned .
Landis the job of overhauling
them. This won't be easy since
Congress will have a strong say
. in any change.
The latest study group's report1
on welfare came Tuesday with i
recommendations which suggested
a broad expansion of Social Se
curity, publx assistance, unem
ployment pay, medical education,
and immediate passage by Con
gress of a program Kennedy him
self unsuccessfully backed last
year in the Senate a medical
care program for the aged tied .
to Social Security.
This very subject is under dis
cussion now at Eisenhower's con
ference on .the aging.
Other Kennedy groups have giv
en him recommendations on dis
tressed areas, the nation's econ
omy, education, housing and the
peace corps.
But the quick work of these
study groups will let Kennedy lay
down programs to Congress faster
than Eisenhower did when he took
over. Eisenhower, starting out,
had his hands full with Sen.
Joseph McCarthy and the Korean
War..
The recent accident involving
the school bus near Gilchrist
' poults up a situation I read about
recently. School bus transporta
tion is by no means as safe as
parents have been led to believe.
In 1959, with 45 states reporting
on U millioc riders, there were
29 deaths on buses, 35 fatalities
approaching or - leaving buses,
' 1,580 cases of injury on buses,
and a startling total of 7,186 ac
cidents. The 1959-60 school year
promises 'to be a . shocker, But
statistics won't be available for'
some time, and it is not likely
that they will be complete. We
know more about whisky con-'
sumption than we do about school
bus accidents.
We don't claim to know
everything that goes on all of
the time. Ic (act, if it were
not for interested readers, of
ficials and informants, we'd
' have a real hard time getting
any local . news la the paper,
even though an energetic staff
' works hard 24 hours a day, try
ing to keep abreast. One thing
we will not do, under any cir
cumstances, - it "fabricate" a
"story" that simply isn't there.
We wait until a story has de-,
veloped belnre we print it. That
way. our readers know that we
aren't speculating ' and hoping
that a rumor is made fact be
fore the story hits the streets
and hornet. There are news-
papers, I know, that can turn
the barest rumor Into a dra
matic "newt story" with little
effort and no conscience.
Something to think about is the
find of archaeologists digging in
the layers of ancient civiliza
tions in the Euphrates Valley. Un
covered in succession: A layer
of agrarian culture 8,000 years
old, a layer of herdsman culture
12,000 years old, and a layer of
cavemen culture many years old
er. Beneatli this, they uncovered
another layer sand fuses into a
peculiar type and shade of green
glass which they had seen for
the first time in the desert sand
of New Mexico where the first
atom bomb had been exploded.
I'm not too bright, and not hep
at . all, so I often wonder just .
what fun some of these young
guys get . out of zooming their
specially-equipped autos up and
down Main Street, screeching
through intersections, and occupy
ing valuable parking and driving,
spaces on the thoroughfare. I'm
not talking about the "right" to
do so just asking what sense it
makes.
I'd like to get more items on
"good" things that local people .
do in this column. Little things
that do not make news stories,
but which point up the basic good
ness and friendliness of people.
We gel enough of the bad every
day. Also overlooked, generally,
is the generous public-spirited at
titude of many persons who do
not make the news columns. You
probably know of some right now.
Let me know.
I am mindful of the miter
who moved to New England. All
BARBS
Canadian Province
Answer to ProvMut runio
: A bargain sale is when a woman
.can have one coat torn off her in order
to get into the rush and buy another.,
You figure this one; a girl steps
into society by coming out.
Vitamin A postpones the process of
aging. How do you apply it to the kids'
shoes? '
: Real wealth is a state of mind,
says a professor. Just mind your dol
lars and cents.
If some folks didn't have troubles
they'd have an awful time carrying on
:a conversation.
Find fault with others and your,
'friends know that you have at least
one of your own.
; How about passing a labor law that
prohibits kids from working their par
ents to death?
'' American children are the health
iest In the .world, says a doctor.' In
spite rftfitlr bad spells.'
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By HAROLD T. HYMAN, M.D.
Written for
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
r Regular readers of these col
umns may recall the report of
"cloutl babies" who bring home
hospital acquired staphylococci
and (hen proceed to produce in
fections in various members of
the household .4
As the result of an investiga
tion conducted under the auspices
of the U.S. Public Health Service
and the staff of the St. Joseph's
Infirmary of Atlanta, Ga., "cloud
babies" now are joined by "cloud
surgeons" as innocent carriers of
infection. '
Briefly stated, the attention of
the Atlanta investigators was
called to an increasing number
of "staph" infections in surgical
wounds. The group suspected a
human source. By a combination
of Sherlock Holmes-like deduc
tions and laboratory tests, the fin
go of suspicion pointed to a stall
member, designated Surgeon C in
the report.
It was found that cultures of
his. nose. face and hands wcr(
laden with the particular strain
of staphylococci responsible for
all wound infectious. . When this
information bee a m e available.
Surgeon C was sent on a three
week vacalion. During this period
he was vigorously treated with
antibiotics. And, while he was
absent from the infirmary, post
operative uxKind infections ceased
to appear.
On his return. Surgeon C was
subjected to an intensive re-c.v
animation. Wlien the infecting '
strain of staphylococci could no
longer be. demonstrated, Surgeon
C was permitted to return to his
duties For several months there
after, there, were no further in
fections. ,
After six months of uninter
rupted wo ind healing, a pair of
postoperative infections was ob
served. Cultural studies were re
sumed. And, once again, Surgeon
C was found to be the healthy '
and innocent carrier of the par
ticular staphylococcal strain pres
ent in the Infected wounds.
Again the - "cloud surgeon" ab-,
scnted himself. And, with his de
parture, the 'problem of wound
infections ceased to exist.
Apart from the practical value
of these studies in the prevention
of postoperative complications,
publication of this report in the
journal of the American Medi
cal Association is an achievement
to which every physician may
point with great pride.
A little more than 100 years
ago. Dr. Ignaz Philipp Semmel
weis w as driven from his post in
' Vienna for daring to snggest that
puerperal or childbirth lever was
caused by mysterious agents (now
identified as streptococci), carried
to the delivery room by physi
cians who had recently attended
autopsies.
And. in Americana group of
prominent physicians demanded
that Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
resign his professorship at the
Harvard Medical School when he
spoke and wrote in defense of
his European colleague.
Now, a century later, acting on
behalf of patients throughout the
world, (he Georgia investigat
ors and the editor of the Journal
of the American Medical Associ
ation unhesitatingly publish Infor
mation that their colleagues of a
100 years ago would have fought
to suppress, in n mistaken belief
tltat they were acting in the "best
interests" of their profession.
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YOUR POCKETBOOK
How Mrs. Typical'
Manages Finances,
By FAYE HEM.E
How does Mrs. "Typical Amer
ican Homemaker" handle her
pocketbook problems?
This being the age of comput
ers, Mrs. "Typical" popped out of
a survey done for Sales Manage
ment Magazine by National Opin
ion Survey, Inc.
She is Mrs. John Dudra, moth
er of three and. a resident of
Pana, III. (pop. 6.178). Mr. Dudra
is an ex-professional ball player,
now an oil refinery mechanic.
Mrs. Dudra doesn't budget. She
admits she is having a tough
time saving. When she manages
to salt a few dollars away, they
go into the company credit union
to earn 34 per cent.
The Dudra family has a check
ing account too and she is the
bookkeeper. Wrhat other kind of
records does she keep?
"I keep receipts just to be able
to remember what we paid for
things or in case anything goes
wrong with a purchase. We have
few deductions that we can take
on our income tax.
' "We pay bills before we put
money into savings. We decide
how much we want to spend for
what. After that there are not
too 'many dollars left to worry
about." '
Does she use credit? "Without
it we couldn't have bought our .
new refrigerator."
Credit for teen-agers? "Gra
cious, not" she exclaimed. Her
14-year-old gets a $1.25 weekly
allowance to do - with as she
chooses.
Insurance? With confidence Mrs.
' "Typical" reported that her hus- -band
is paying on a 20 payment
life policy. The family's health
insurance comes from his em
ployer who also will pay him a
pension when he retires.
. "No, I don't know the details
of the pension plan although I
read it once," Mrs. Dudra con
fessed, "but we don't worry too
much about the future. We haven't
given any real thought to college
for the children so, of course,
we haven't started saving for it."
Mrs. "Typical" has no plans
for going back to work when
her children are older. Before
she married she w as a legal sten
ographer. She is dead set against
"baby sitters rearing my chU
dren" and believes that a wom
an's place is in the home. (Mr.
Dudra was baby-sitting while she
was feted In Manhattan.)
Are the Dudra's share owners?
"I've read about owning stocks."
she said, "but I've read that you
should not buy stocks unless you
are prepared to do without the
money you invest. We can't af
ford anything like that."
Has she any hobbies? With a
house, a garden and three chil
dren to watch she finds time only ,
for the local PTA. for recruiting
blood bank donors and for solicit
ing for the Red Cross and Com
munity Chest.
he wanted to d wan u mru.
but the neighbors thought (he
land ought to be utrd. whai
you going t raise?" asked a
farm neighbor. The writer kaeir
that the ilmple truth, "I want
to write," would not do. H
remembered that hit wife had
taid something about the city
lng no place to bring
children. "
"I'm goln? to raise children,
he answered. 7
The farmer tpat. He was un- -impressed.
"Around here," he
tald, "we look on thai aa m
sideline." ,
Along the same lines is Ih
story about the recruit who had
finished his physical and was be
ing question! by a sergeant, who
asked: "Did you go. to grammar
school?"
"Yes sir. I also went through
high school, graduated cum laude
from college, completed three
years of graduate studies, and
t then received two years at Pur
due, two at Vanderbilt, and two
more at Wabash." ,
The sergeant nodded, reached
for a rubber stamp, and slapped
it on the questionnaire. It con
sisted of one word, "Literate.": f.
This must be a confusing situa
tion to our youngsters. On the on
hand we have many national
leaders, including President-elect
Kennedy, saving that our young
people are flabby-physically and
morally: Then, we have many of
those same leaders, as well as
many others, who insist that' we
do everything for them. That w
must provide and maintain "tha
good life." We have reached tha
almost ridiculous stage where it
is improper for a teen - ager to
learn to work with his hands.
Too many of our young men
will go into life without tha
slightest knowledge or skill to
earn a living.
One of the interesting things
I have noticed in my visits to
various slate legislatures is that
the trading stamp companies hava
their lobbyists at every session,
and those who are opposed hava)
their lobbyists, too. Of special in
terest is that these lobbyists,
though supposedly bitter oppon
ents, are more than casual ac
quaintances when it comes right
down to cases. One thing I'll
bet: that the trading stamp issua
will never be settled by any legis
lature. I don't give a hoot how
the argument comes out, but I
often wonder just what good tha
trading stamps are.
And I'll bet that If you asked
any merchant who hat them, !
he'll come right out and tell
you he'd like to get rid of tha
things.
A recent study by medical doS1
tors ot automobile drivers comes
up with a conclusion lhat, "Tha
great flaw in present laws . . .
is the strange assumption that a
person, once licensed to drive,
continues to be an able driver
for the remainder of his life . . ."
In the study, 27,411 drivers an
swered the questions, which
showed that of 16.903 persons in
volved in an accident, 1,591 were
"repeaters," their second accident
I within a six-momh period. An
other 1.230 drivers said it was
their second accident within a
year.
Of the 16,903 drivers involved '
in accidents, 7,934 were in tha
' 25-44 age group, 3,480 were ill
the 45-64 age group, and one out
of every 24 accidents involved a '
person over 65.
Thoughts
And the king said to him, Why
speak any more of your affairs?
I have decided: you and Ziha
shall divide the land. n Samuel
19:29.
Take time to deliberate; but
when the time for action arrives,
stop thinking and go in.-Andrev
Jackson. '
And when he drew near and
taw the city he wept over It
Luke 19:41. '
There is a sacredness in tears.
They are not the mark of wet
ness but of power. They spfllc
more eloquently than ten thou
sand tongues. They are the mes
sengers of overwhelming grief, of
deep contrition, of unspeakabla
love. Washington Irving.
You shall eat the fruit of th
labor of your hands; you shall
be happy, and it shall be be well
with you. Psalmt 128:2. '
Blessed is the man who has
found his work. Let him ask no
other blessedness. Know thy work,
and do it: and work at K hka
Hercules. One monster there is in
the world-the idle man. Thomas
Carlyle. -